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instances are met with of the same form having the one or the other value according to its accent: thus, éṣahaste, eṣáhasting;çā́saorder, çāsáorderer (other examples are coda, çāka, çoka: compare a similar difference with other derivatives in as, ana, an, man). But exceptions are numerous — thus, for example, jayá, javá, smará, action-nouns; çráva, mógha, stáva, agent-nouns — and the subject calls for a much wider and deeper investigation than it has yet received, before the accentuation referred to can be set up as a law of the language in derivation.

2. e. With vṛddhi-strengthening of the root — but only where ā is the resulting radical vowel: that is, of medial a, and of final ṛ (most often), u or ū, i or ī (rare).

f. Examples of action-nouns are: kā́malove, bhāgáshare, nādánoise, dāváfire, tārácrossing. Very few forms of clear derivation and meaning are quotable with accent on the root-syllable.